gal-ih-guh or ga-lah-ga (galaga)

#51 Mirage OFFLINE

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Posted Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:29 PM

Rex Dart, on Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:33 AM, said:

Syntaxerror999, on Thu Feb 9, 2012 3:17 PM, said:

Like Linix. the correct pronunciation is Lie-nix

Hahaha... no.

Exactly. From the man himself:

#52 atarilovesyou OFFLINE

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Posted Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:53 PM

LOL, never thought of this, but the syllable emphasis is funky too. Like the kid I knew who used to call Karateka, "kar-ah-TEEK-ah"...lol, like some kinda Oriental thing, lol.

I say it like this: GAH-lih-guh

#53 Dauber OFFLINE

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Posted Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:34 PM

I only heard one person pronounce it "gah LAH gah"...and it's someone on AtariAge.

And of course the guy in the Wiebe movie. Everybody else I've ever heard -- including the folks on Starcade, pronounced it akin to "galaxy."

Me? I pronounce it "That kinda boring game that's a bit like Space Invaders but not quite and that I really suck at. What?? You want me to pay FIFTY CENTS to play that?? SCREW YOU!!! Geez! It's been a quarter forever, and now they jacked up the price 100%! The NERVE! It's not worth playing if you can't play it on one quarter. Oh well...if I really want to play it, I'll just go home and run MAME."

Edited by Dauber, Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:44 PM.